How To Attach Window Boxes To Wood Siding

The only other tools you need to attach your window box to vinyl siding are wood screws a drill and drill bits.

How to attach window boxes to wood siding.

Be sure that the angled side of the box faces outward. A filled window box is surprisingly heavy. Window boxes can also scratch the exterior of your siding where they hang. Traditionally window boxes are nailed or screwed right into the siding of a house but this doesn t work when you ve got vinyl siding nailing and screwing can damage the vinyl siding beyond.

Many planters attach to houses and. Set the empty window box on top of the two brackets. There are a few ways to attach a window box to siding. To install a window box on siding is a moderate task that many diy enthusiasts can often accomplish.

Fake floating shelves. How to attach flower boxes without drilling holes. Center the box by measuring the overhang on the brackets as shown. But if you fall in love with these steel brackets like my kind of weirdo here s another sneaky awesome and easy project i made them with.

The hardest part is usually finding the studs to anchor the box or brackets but other than that it can be done with a fairly basic set of tools. Don t add the soil and plants until after the box is installed. Hanging window boxes can be tricky if your house is covered in vinyl siding. Center the window box photo by mary beth montgomery.